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Thermoplastic vulcanisates (TPV)
TPV offers the properties of a vulcanised rubber with the processability of a thermoplastic and is therefore ideal for the production of high-quality industrial hoses and innovative connection solutions.
Thermoplastic vulcanisates (TPV) belong to the family of thermoplastic elastomers (TPE).
TPEs (thermoplastic elastomers) are plastics that can be plastically deformed when heated, i.e. exhibit thermoplastic behaviour, and behave mechanically like elastomers. The functional properties of TPEs are similar to those of rubber.
A distinction is made between
- TPE-A (thermoplastic polyamide elastomers)
- TPE-E (thermoplastic copolyester elastomers)
- TP-O (olefin-based thermoplastic elastomers, predominantly EPDM/PP)
- TPE-S (thermoplastic styrene block polymers)
- TPE-U (urethane-based thermoplastic polymers)
- TPE-V (thermoplastic vulcanisates)
- TPZ (Unclassified thermoplastic elastomers of any other composition)
Thermoplastic vulcanisates (TPV) are special classes of thermoplastic elastomers in which dynamic vulcanisation of the rubber phase takes place during melt mixing with a semi-crystalline thermoplastic matrix phase at an elevated temperature. They are a group of simultaneously thermoplastic and elastic plastics. They combine the cost-effective processability of thermoplastics with the elastic properties of elastomers.
The best-known TPV is Santoprene, which consists of ethylene-propylene-diene rubber particles (EPDM) in a polypropylene (PP) matrix.
TPV hoses (thermoplastic vulcanisates) can be used in a wide range of industrial applications. TPV hoses are mainly used as suction hoses or transport hoses. A wide variety of solids, gaseous media and liquids can be safely conveyed.
